Lingit Man Gets A Taste Of Concrete Salad From A Dirty Juneau Cop!

This is America.

In the city and borough of Juneau, an indigenous man brutally arrested by a police officer. Now the officer is in big trouble.

America is so fucked up.

By the way, Israel trains U.S. police officers tactics on how to detain, arrest and restrain suspects. It is a fair exchange. Police officers still use chokeholds and lethal forces when they "fear for their lives."

Juneau is the capital of Alaska. The city covers 2,793 square miles. It is the only state capital to border the U.S.-Canadian border. It has a population of 34,000 people.

Christopher Williams, Jr. was injured so badly, they had him airlifted to Anchorage and later Seattle.

The officer who did a suplex on Williams was booted from the force.

Williams now has life altering injuries.

A video of the arrest generated public concern on social media. It showed a Juneau police officer Brandon LeBlanc handcuffing an Alaska Native man, then throwing him to the ground where he appears to lie unconscious for the remainder of the video.

Protesters offered condolences to the man’s family and expressed their outrage, including X’ash Kugé ka Yaanasax Barbara Cadiente-Nelson.

“We’re here to hold this system accountable to the words they took an oath to to protect, to serve,” she said. 

Williams’ cousin, Pamela James, said his family didn’t know where Williams was for a full day after they heard he was medivaced for care. She confirmed that Williams was in Anchorage Thursday evening after calling multiple Seattle and Anchorage hospitals. She said he is conscious and speaking.

James said Williams plans to sue JPD. She said her family will continue to speak up.

“We’re not doing it just for Chris, but we’re doing it for everybody that’s been hurt by our cops here in town,” James said.

Assembly Member Paul Kelly was at the protest and said it’s important that the City and Borough of Juneau work to restore trust in the community after a violent arrest. 

“Whenever we have an emergency, whenever we need somebody to intervene, we need it to be somebody that we can trust,” he said. “We need to be able to trust our police force.”

Williams is being monitored for brain bleed and stroke symptoms.

Protestor Ḵáaḵ’utx̱éich Kai Monture said that Lingít people have to support and protect each other, and abide by traditional values of perseverance and community support. 

“Even though asking for police reform is important and something we need to fight for every day, it’s not guaranteed,” he said. “It’s not guaranteed that it’ll happen, but what is guaranteed is that we can protect each other.”

JPD says LeBlanc has since been placed on administrative leave. Officials from the City and Borough of Juneau and JPD say there will be an external investigation of the violent arrest.

The original call was for a white woman who had an altercation with a Black man outside of a Douglas Library. Douglas is a suburban neighborhood in Juneau area.

The suspect allegedly was being a racist towards the man. She threw his food on the ground and throw a water bottle at him.

Marisa Didrickson was eventually arrested on battery and disorderly conduct. 

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Williams complained about the arrest. LeBlanc shoved him to move along. 

Williams got angry and threw his hands up at him. LeBlanc then arrest him. 

When Williams refused to comply demanding why he was arrested, LeBlanc violently threw him to the ground.

We are tracking police violence as well.